{"113931":{"#nid":"113931","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The 2012 InVenture Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe InVenture Prize @ Georgia Tech competition announced six finalists that will showcase their inventions during a live show on Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB Media) on March 13 at 7 p.m. Students will present their inventions during a primetime broadcast, co-hosted by\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003ENew York Times\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Etechnology columnist David Pogue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe InVenture Prize is an innovation competition for undergraduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Students work independently or in teams on inventions that will be presented to and judged by a panel of experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMatthew Stoddard, an industrial design major from Clarkesville, TN, was among those selected to pitch their inventions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Chaney (ID 2011) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/news\/slide-capo-guitar-accessory-captures-georgia-tech-inventure-prize\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecaptured the 2011 Inventure Prize for his \u201cSlide Capo\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014a hybrid guitar slide and capo that allows all new techniques and greater flexibility for guitarists to play faster and smoother.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FWi6eJ5h3RI\u0026amp;list=PLA7479F1A321DA296\u0026amp;index=1\u0026amp;feature=plpp_video\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWatch the 2011 preview featuring Chaney \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s finalists are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEntripic Wake: A rigid, portable, and customizable obstacle\/rail system for extreme water sports\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpencer Price \u2013 Industrial Design, Salisbury, NC\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGraeme Wicks \u2013\u0026nbsp;Polymer, Fiber and Textile Engineering, Louisville, KY\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERe-hand: Software assisted home-use hand assessment and rehabilitation device\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlkindi Kibria - Biomedical Engineering, Rockville, MD\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElizabeth LeMar \u2013 Biomedical Engineering, Roswell, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKunal Dean MacDonald - Biomedical Engineering, Macon, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDaphne Vincent - Biomedical Engineering, McDonough, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECourseShark: An online system for creating and sharing college class schedules\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGregg Cobb \u2013 Computer Science, Mountain View, CA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJames Rundquist \u2013 Computer Science, Acworth, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECardiacTech: Chest retractor for bypass surgery\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKevin Parsons - Mechanical Engineering, Sugar Hill, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMathew Lee \u2013 Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPriya Patil \u2013 Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBenji Hoover \u2013 Mechanical Engineering, Flowery Branch, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJosh DeVane \u2013 Mechanical Engineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStylii: An extraordinarily precise and pressure-sensitive capacitive stylus\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Stoddard \u2013 Industrial Design, Clarksville, TN \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChristopher Vollo \u2013 Electrical Engineering, Alpharetta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDEfT Pad: Touchscreen device giving guitarists the functionality of a distortion pedal\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDavid Burke \u2013 Computer Engineering, Canton, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBradley Keller \u2013 Electrical Engineering, Gainesville, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESarosh Ali Shahbuddin \u2013 Electrical Engineering, Rock Hill, SC\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichael Barrington Stone - Electrical Engineering, Augusta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJarred Vallbracht \u2013 Electrical Engineerig, Covington, GA \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two winning inventions from either individuals or teams will be selected and will receive:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA cash prize of $15,000 for first place or $10,000 for second place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA free U.S. patent filing by Georgia Tech\u0027s Office of Technology Licensing (each valued at approximately $20,000) for both the first and second place winners.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAutomatic acceptance to the summer 2012 Class of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/flashpoint.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlashpoint\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech startup accelerator program.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, a $5,000 \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice\u201d award, provided by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will be presented. The live audience and broadcast viewers will have the opportunity to help select the winner of this award by voting on the Internet or texting in their favorite finalist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInVenture Prize co-host, Pogue, is a personal-technology columnist for The New York Times and NYTimes.com and a tech correspondent at CBS News, CBS News Sunday Morning, NPR - Morning Edition and a frequent of PBS series NOVA. He is also a contributor at CNBC.com and Blogger at Pogue\u0027s Posts. Pogue studied music, English and computer science at Yale University. He graduated summa cum laude, with a distinction in music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECo-host Bahareh Azizi earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry\/biotechnology in 1999 from Michigan State University and then moved to Atlanta to pursue a doctoral degree from Georgia Tech in biochemistry. Since completing her Ph.D. in 2005, Azizi has worked at Georgia Tech and Oxford College of Emory University as an educator, researcher and administrator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s InVenture Prize judges will be Deborah Kilpatrick, senior vice president at CardioDx; David Phelps, president and chief executive officer of CreoSalus and Paul Ollinger, who is a Facebook alumnus, social media advisor and comedian. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to airing on GPB, the 2012 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize competition will be streaming online at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gpb.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe InVenture Prize is free and open to the public. You can reserve your tickets by registering online at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ERELATED LINKS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInVenture Prize Tickets\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Industrial Design student Matthew Stoddard has been selected as finalists in this year\u0027s competition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-03-05 10:30:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:15","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-03-14T02:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-03-14T02:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-03-14 04:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-03-14 06:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-03-14 06:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"113971":{"id":"113971","type":"image","title":"Inventure Prize Logo","body":null,"created":"1449178226","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:26","changed":"1475894733","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:33","alt":"Inventure Prize Logo","file":{"fid":"194198","name":"inventure_logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure_logo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure_logo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":113351,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/inventure_logo_0.jpg?itok=AB-yBQJM"}},"64888":{"id":"64888","type":"image","title":"Daniel Chaney, InVenture Prize","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"Daniel Chaney, InVenture Prize","file":{"fid":"192118","name":"Daniel_Chaney_Presenting_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Daniel_Chaney_Presenting_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Daniel_Chaney_Presenting_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2594679,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Daniel_Chaney_Presenting_2_0.jpg?itok=Nzi4w19F"}}},"media_ids":["113971","64888"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"14983","name":"newsletter"},{"id":"167108","name":"school of industrial design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}